00:00Is there any move to propose this Deferred Prosecution Agreement?
00:04Deferred Prosecution Agreement, yes.
00:06Deferred Prosecution Agreement means, for those who don't know,
00:10it is called Penanguhan Penawar.
00:14Deferred Prosecution based on certain settlement.
00:19This is a law that we are proposing in the United Kingdom.
00:23It means, for these cases that involve corporate sector and on a large scale,
00:29for example, if I can show you an example of Airbus.
00:32If we look at it, it is mentioned in the Airbus case,
00:34where a series of court of appeals from the UK and also from France
00:39are using this DPA, Deferred Procedure Agreement,
00:43which ends up with the company being fined.
00:46They have to pay, if I'm not mistaken, more or less EUR 6 million.
00:49So, this law, we are trying to discuss with the parties.
00:55This is part of the experiment.
00:57Discussing with the country's lawyers,
00:59looking at various angles for the adequacy for P&C,
01:04for our consumption in Malaysia.
01:09We are not going to negotiate 100%,
01:12but we are taking a benchmark from the countries involved
01:15and also from the United States.
01:17Do you think that will improve the CPI for Malaysia?
01:20Surely.
01:21Because for me, the watchdog is looking at us,
01:25what kind of improvement, what kind of initiative we are doing,
01:30and what we are planning to do, and then our achievement.
01:35So, we can't just talk about it.
01:37We have to implement it.
01:39So, in terms of the CPI,
01:42that's why we have a task force,
01:47and also we have five consultants to help us.
01:54Because in terms of the CPI,
01:58we need to know what is actually perceived by the respondents.
02:05The respondents are not from our country, actually.
02:08Respondents are from abroad.
02:10Especially from expatriates and business people.
02:13So, among other things,
02:15I would like to say that not all of them are expatriates.
02:20That's right.
02:21One of the nine expatriates,
02:23where we are responsible,
02:25such as enforcement,
02:27where the case is large-scale,
02:29whether to take action or not,
02:31whether to be accused quickly, and so on.
02:33And also what kind of punishment we do.
02:36But there are more,
02:38for example,
02:39related to freedom of speech,
02:41related to human rights,
02:43business ethics, and so on.
02:44So, the government's efforts now
02:46is to create a good business environment.
02:50With that, it will attract many investors.
02:52This is also another area
02:55that will be seen by the business people.
02:59So, we see how we reduce bureaucracy, for example.
03:05And also the engagement made by the ministers
03:08in meeting with many parties abroad,
03:10that is also one of the factors
03:12that I think will affect our actions.
03:16The actions of the SPRM are not less
03:19in terms of first,
03:22making a law,
03:23and also improving the status quo
03:25in the government,
03:27in the public sector.
03:29If our country is protected,
03:34where, for example,
03:37corruption and law enforcement are so serious,
03:40so bad,
03:41it may also have an effect
03:44on other indexes.
03:46This is also called the perception index.
03:48So, we have to reduce this negative perception.
03:52So, in terms of reducing this negative perception,
03:55that's what we have to do,
03:56engagement with the experts present now.
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